page_title: Louviers
section_title: Renaissance
hierarchical_section_title: Louviers / History / Renaissance
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the south porch of Notre-Dame de Louviers from the southeast.
context_page_description: Louviers is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north-western France.
  Louviers is 100 km from Paris and 30 km from Rouen.
context_section_description: Between 1496 and 1510 the southern façade of the church of Notre-Dame was expanded in the  flamboyant gothic style. At about the same time, the lantern tower was also renovated.
  In 1562, Rouen fell into the hands of the Protestants. On the orders of Charles IX of France, the Parliament of Normandy was transferred to Louviers, where it sat from 5 August to 28 October.
  In 1591, Charles de Gontaut, Marshal de Biron (1562 – 1602), the lieutenant of Henri IV, presented himself in front of Louviers on 6 June and seized the town, after a brief but violent fight; this allowed the king to enter.
caption: Notre-Dame de Louviers, south porch
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